Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1965
    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    71965HD

    In 1964 Film Culture magazine chose Andy Warhol for its annual Independent Film award. The plan was to show some of Andy's films and have Andy come...

    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
  • 1964
    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    61964HD

    In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It...

    Dionysus
  • 1968
    Gammelion

    Gammelion

    Gammelion

    81968HD

    Gammelion 1968, filmed at Il Castello Roccasinibalda in Rieti, Italy, is a major work in Markopoulos’s oeuvre, marking the transition into his...

    Gammelion
  • 1967
    The Dead Ones

    The Dead Ones

    The Dead Ones

    01967HD

    Markopoulos’ first attempt at making a 35mm feature film, clearly inspired by the cinema of Jean Cocteau, was left unfinished and the materials...

    The Dead Ones
  • 1967
    Bliss

    Bliss

    Bliss

    91967HD

    The first film made by Markopoulos after moving to Europe, Bliss was shot over the course of two days using only available light to create a lyrical...

    Bliss
  • 1967
    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    01967HD

    The life of painter, dancer and poet Mark Turbyfill, seen in his 70th year, is evoked through Markopoulos’ unique form of cinematic portraiture.

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill
  • 1949
    Lysis

    Lysis

    Lysis

    01949HD

    Markopoulos called Lysis “a study in stream-of-consciousness poetry of a lost, wandering, homosexual soul” and felt that the film...

    Lysis
  • 1967
    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

    01967HD

    "Winged Dialogue details with growing clarity the desperate beauty and sexuality of the body animated by its soul, essence blindly reaching out,...

    Winged Dialogue
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    01966HD

    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1972
    The Painting

    The Painting

    The Painting

    01972HD

    The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece,...

    The Painting
  • 1971
    Cimabue! Cimabue!

    Cimabue! Cimabue!

    Cimabue! Cimabue!

    01971HD

    Edited but unprinted. With Annigoni, Umberto Baldini, Bertolini, Carlo Bettochi, Silvio Loffredo. Filmed in Florence. Orginal reversal film in...

    Cimabue! Cimabue!
  • 1965
    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    01965HD

    Shot in thirty-two hours at the abandoned Baybridge Theater in Brooklyn, in cinemascope and Eastman color. The film was based on the one-act play of...

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
  • 1969
    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    01969HD

    Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

    The Olympian
  • 1997
    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    71997HD

    An 80-hour film being printed and shown in cycles every four years at a remote location in Greece.

    Eniaios
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    01967HD

    Portrait studies of Mrs. Hodges, Gail Beavers (the filmmaker’s sister) and Gregory J. Markopoulos.

    Spiracle
  • 1975
    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    01975HD

    A portrait of the British artists, two living sculptures, filmed in Paris on the occasion of their exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.

    Gilbert and George
  • 1966
    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    01966HD

    Temenos Archive, Zurich

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’
  • 1968
    (A)lter (A)ction

    (A)lter (A)ction

    (A)lter (A)ction

    01968HD

    (A)lter (A)ction, 1968. Videotape, black-and-white, sound; 65 minutes (director's edit: 57 minute television version).

    (A)lter (A)ction
  • 1973
    Index – Hans Richter

    Index – Hans Richter

    Index – Hans Richter

    01973HD

    Dedicated to Nigel Gosling. Voice-over with Hans Richter reading a Dada text. Filmed in Locarno. Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna

    Index – Hans Richter
  • 1976
    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    01976HD

    Prosopographia, 1976. 16mm film, color, sound; 10 minutes (unfinished).

    Prosopographia